The ideas presented in this discussion paper are in the form of an indicative draft, and there is substantially more thinking to be done. In the coming months the policy community needs to firm up a menu of options which can be pursued within existing frameworks, and to establish what needs to be done to... Find out more

The Young Foundation, together with the Institute of Community Studies before it, have long been interested in the effects of housing allocation policies on family life. But with the emergence of credit-based letting systems, this whole area is now changing very rapidly, so that comparison with regimes in the past is becoming much harder. This... Find out more

Leipzig and Manchester are superficially very different cities. Leipzig’s Communist government ran down its industrial base, which almost disappeared after German reunification. Manchester, one of the world’s oldest industrial cities, suffered no such fate. Yet these cities’ history and condition show remarkable parallels. Both have experienced deindustrialisation and out-migration; and both are recording abandoned housing.... Find out more

Institute of Community Studies Working Paper No.4 – July 2003 This publication outlines the issues that will be explored in a research project by the Institute of Community Studies (now The Young Foundation) looking into the relationship between people and place in London. There have been a number of books written on the way that processes... Find out more

Institute of Community Studies Working Paper No.5 – July 2003 This publication provides insight into research being undertaken by the Institute of Community Studies (now The Young Foundation) into Polish immigrants in London. The study is based on extended contact with Poles living in London and on a pilot study with ten Polish immigrants who... Find out more

Institute of Community Studies Working Paper No.1 – June 2002 In February 2002, there was a newspaper story about the 50th anniversary of the Queen’s accession to the throne. It recalled that in London in 1952, hearing of George VI’s death, people got out of their cars and stood at attention as a mark of... Find out more